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T Time Change Due State Children Play Here V o L 6 , No. *4 Port Orfcwd, C»»ry County, Ray Zumwalt Services Held Funeral services lor Ray mond B. Zumwalt, *7 , resides* at Sixes, were held Monday et the Bendon chapel of Schroeder Brothers mortuary. M r. Zum walt died Tburadey after a lengthy Illness. Deceased was bora Dec. 7, 1*96, in Port Orford and moved to Sixes at ai Funeral services ducted by Mrs. Adolph later, a Christian Sdenttet from Co- quille. Burial was to the Port Orford cemetery. Survivors Include hie Gertrude Zumwalt, Sixes; and two tone, Donal H., of Forest Grove and Lealte C. of Albany; three brothers, Clarence W. of Sixes, Charles P . of Portland and Harold W. of Port Orford. There are also O rejp n VACATIOWiANP Two Fined In District Court Devid E. Rica, Port Orford, arrested on a warrant Thursday night by the sheriff's office and City police,was found guilty on a charge of causing minor ch ild - r a n to become dependent by district Judge Sam H a ll Friday. Rice was g i v e n a suspended * 1 ,0 0 0 f i n e and placed on a year's probation. Roy L. Kerns, C old Beach, was fined *5 00 , given 90 days In J a il and a suspension of his drl v- ar's license on a chunk driving charge. Episcopal Bishop to Hold Coniinutian six Arizona Ranch Store Entered sewerage drain ditches,outflows, and the l i k e . A Quarter-inch sheet of plywood Is the cover far this cesspool. Nothing to keep one of the children who play In the area from fa llin g Into It. Or to prohibit It from becoming a breeding place for disease. Its location? Close to heavy foot tra ffic In the down-town area. Sewers Are Problem Facing City; Restaurants Lore “ A” Cards When a ll local restaurants were reduced from Class A to Class B operations because of sanitary conditions last w eek It brought i n t o a more realistic f o c u s the sewerage problems that exist, and that have to be acknowledged and elim inated . The problems are not new. They started w ith the digging of the first septic tank and m u ltip lie d In proportion w ith the addition of each new one. And now comes the day of reckoning, when Port Orford must learn to w a lk be cause It's too big to crawL T he reclassification of rest- aurants does not necessarily re fle c t directly on the establish ments individually, but rather on the area as a whole, accord- iixx to county sanitarian Jack W r i g h t An A classification means that no hazards to the pub lic exist from eating lnth e cafe. A B -card cou ld mean there Is a possibility of a hazard existing f r o m an unaanitary condition. But it doesn't have to com a from or exist In the establishment. If an unsanitary condition exists outside, but adjacent to, the building area there Is the pos sib ility o f a public health haz a r d . T h e classification In no w ay reflects on the quality of the food served The d a c r o n to reclassify the restaurants was the Joint action of the C u r r y county board of health, county health o ffic e r and the c o u n t y sanitarian after a thorough study of the lo c a l san- . Ita ly s i t u a t i o n , W right said W right also noted that tem por ary rcitaurant licenses for food concessions at Battle Rock July 4th would probably not be Issued. He said that seven sewerage out- talls at the park would not Just ify j«sn .«slon for open air food stands In Lae area. W right, who nought the sew erage condition to die attention o f die c ity council shortly after com ing to Curry county, Is In the process of com pleting maps and figures showing the areas and extent of effluent a b o v e ground In the city. This w rite r had a b rief look at some of these maps. T o report the findings at this tim e would be premature, but they Indicate a situation that can be considered nothing but serious. In m any cases the im m ediate property owner, or resident, Is not at f a u lt Instead, his prop erty m ay be the "receive*" of efflu en t that originates from a source blocks awayi winding Its way underground until lor some reason It surfaces In a foreign y a rd But there are many cases where the effluent surfaces on the same property as its origination) m a y be because o f broken sepdes, faulty drain fields or Improper installation of the entire sewer age system. In one area we w it nessed two such cases Involving separate properties. Ona cesspool was ground le v e l w ith only a q uarter-In ch piece of plywood for a c o v e r , (see photo). Children p l a y ln th e area, people w a lk w ith in a few i n t o t It every day. A short dis tance away another septic, part of it above the ground, had over flown. A deep puddle had fo rm ed at one end of the tank and then ran underneath the house, c o v e r i n g nearly the entire ground floor space area. C h ild ren also play In this area. In a n o t h e r case, efflu en t from many septice drain into an open ditch that flow» through an area several blocks long, greatly in creasing the possibility o f con tam ination. These are Isolated cases but they re fle ct the general condi tions that exist In many areas here. These conditions soon a f fect the entire town, and for this reason they demand im m ed iate attention. M any times a sanitation prob le m prevails that Is co m p letely unsuspected W right said, but Is discovered when searching out known, or suspected situations. As an exam ple, he cited the follow ing true case that occured In Curry county. in tracing the course of e fflu ent, a fluoresce ne dye is flushed down a sink or t o ile t The dye co lon the w ater perm ittin g the tracing of i t ( I t m ay also be seen under b l a c k lig h t even though It m ay appear invisible because of extensive disapation.) Using the dye In a to ile t that was suspected of causing an un sanitary condition,W right hoped to locate the trouble spot so the iroblem could be corrected. A ong w a it and search, however, turned up zxsne o f the dye. But, Just as he was about to look else where for the problem, a resi dent ln th e v ic in ity was m aking frantic phone calls to find out why the w ater in the kitchen faucet had turned green. Grant ed, this is an extrem e case. But w hether a sanitation problem Is found Inside the home or out side, * hazard to public health m i l exists, Just In different de grees The fcjowrr to the local prob lem Is jirap lej Install a sewer system. G etting the Job done, however, is not simple. Its cost w il l require a bond Issue, ssses- smenta to b e n e fitin g property, h o o k u p charges and m onthly service fees. I t m ay not be pos sible to Install an entire system at one tim e , to I t m a y require i patience, as w e ll. But l f s the start that Is Im portara, and man datory. The c ity council It reopening study of the pro) act and revising plans and survey» in a concerted attem p t to bring about a »ewer ry»tem lnstsdlation. In subae- queta article», the N iw i w ill keep you inform ed of th eir find ings, th eir p lain and th eir ac tions. And at the same tim e bring you the continuing story of san itatio n problems that m in t be overcome in the never ending fight for good h e a lth .. . and pro gresa ( T o be continued next week) PTA Will See Play A play by Battle Rock Junior high school students w ill h l-lig h t the fin a l m eeting of the PTA on A p ril 25. T h e m eeting w ill be at 7130 p .m . at the grade school multipurpose room. The play w ill be under the direction of Mr» Hopkins. A report on the m eeting held at P ac ific highschool last week, concern! ng com bining the Lang lois, Pacific and lo c al parent- teacher units, was given, w ith further discussion on the propos al. It was noted that officers are m i l needed, and someone to a t t e n d the state convention in Eugene A p ril 30, M ay 1 and 2. A ll reservations for the confer ence have been made. RECORDER'S COURT The Arizona Ranch grocery store was broken into som etim e e a r l y Sunday morning and an undetermined amount of groc eries taken, the sheriff's o ffic e reported. A lock was also broken off the gas pump and gas stolen, the o ffic e said. Entry to the store was through a broken window. T h e burglary is b e i n g investigated by the sheriff's office and state police. The body of Emory D. M c Clurg, 22, Gold Beech, was found Just inside the south Jetty at the mouth of Rogue R iver Monday afternoon. T h e sheriff's office said M cC lurg had been reported missing since 6i3O a. m. A pril 16. Leon Harris, Gold Beach, dis covered the body when he was beachcombing about 3«30 p. m. The sheriff's office had been searching for him since his dis appearance. He was em ployed at Evans Products Euchre Creek plant. It is b elieved that M c C lu rg who resided at K im b le Kourt, i Rogue River, m ay have ran < the toad. However his car has not yet been recovered. He is survived by his w ife and three children. Oregon Fire Season Over By Act Of Legislature d itie n i warrant. The season w iU be s im ilarly term inated. The amended law also pro vides that the closed season m ay be applied o any part of the state accr.d in g to existing fire hazard conditions in an o ffic ia l fire district. Subsequent closed seasons In other areas m ay be applied as fire conditions make it necessary. The state forester has irriic a te d that his recom m endation for de»ig"a rinn of the closed season w ill be by advice of the district warden and forest supervisors in the a r e a s con cerned. No estim ate is av a ila b le at the present r im e as to the new start of fire season, but am ple Saturday is the date of the p u b lic ity w il l be given at that second annual Com m unity Cen rim e, said Ronald Sm ith, dis ter benefit dance. T o be held tric t warden, Coos Forest Pro te c tiv e Association. at the Battle Rock school g y m from 9i3O to L30a. m , the dance w ill feature the music of the Elsie F u ller combo A door prize of a transistor radio w ill be awarded. Tickets are on ta le now by com m ittee “The Mouse That Roared" la members and w ill be available the title of the play to be pre at the door. AU proceeds w iU go into the sented Friday and Saturday ajthtr. April » and T7. by Pa com m unity center fund. Benefit Dance Is Saturday Library Open House Saturday A tee and open house w ill be held Saturday, A p ril 27, In the library Inobservance of N ation a l Library w eek w hich Is A pril 2 1 -27 . The library is located In the city h all building and passed its f l a t anniversary this month. The c ity b uilt the building end takes care of the upkeep, which in cludes paying a pert tim e lib ra r ian. T h e fixtures and furniture were furnished by donations In cluding a *5 0 0 0 gift from an anonymous donor. Mrs. Ruth M oyer Is the Librar ian. President of the l i b r a r y board is Mrs. Ruth W ahl, sec retary, Mrs. Evelyn M acDonald and treasurer, Mrs.Frances Crib ble. Also on the board are Mrs. M arcia Enlund and Mrs. Geneva Tucker. Mrs. Cribble and Mrs. Mrs. Enlund are working on a pro) ect o f cataloging the books and getting the lists up to date. T h e lihrary ha» been assisted by various organization». ' The PTA a t one tim e donated $160 and the garden club has furnish ed numerous books on gardening. T h e Legion and A u xilia ry have placed books on the Legion shelf. Missing Man’s Body Found At Mouth of Rogue River Oregon has Just com pleted the shortest fire season in its history. An amendment recently passed by the state legislature te rm in ated the autom atic A pril 1 clos ing date for the fire season. A ll forest regulations subject to the decisration o f a closed season w ill henceforth be put into e f fect by proclam ation of the G ov ernor u p o n the advice of the State Forester as fire hazard con- children. TYPIC AL ol the sewerage prob lems that have plagued the city for a good long tim e are situa tions lik e that pictured here,an open cesspool, along w ith open Daylight saving tim e starts this Sunday and for the first tim e 'in three yesus summer clocks T an Cants Thrasday, A p f l 2 ^ 19631 w i 11 ba the s a m e throughout Oras alegislsdive a c tin 1961 a llo w ing Multzxjm ah and four touch ing counties to adopt daylight tim e plagued the state In the spring and summer of both 1961 end 1962. The others tec h n ica l ly w e r e suppose<1 to stay on standard tim e. But marry areas d id n 't—and some cities wound up w ith two times. But this year should be no prob lem . Voters Inst year approved the "fast?' t i m e for the entire state to start at 1 a. m. the last Sunday in A pril. L ocally, school district 2CJ, c ity offices and the Curry coun ty courthome have given per sonal notice they w ill start the busineas w eek M onday on day lig h t tim e , la com pliance w ith the change. (T h is word for those who are bound to keep standard tim e . ) One h itch la the DST lew la expected to be cleared up by the legislature so Oregon w il l c o n form w ith ocher states on the tim e change. daylight t i m e Is Oregon's d »el»» A il «d now to end the lest Saturday in September. But a b ill w hich has passed the Senate and is before the House Planning a n d Developm ent Com m ittee would extend it u n til the la ri Sunday in October. This would keep Oregon in step w ith Wash ington, C a lifo rn ia and o t h e r Goergens Buy Grocery Store M r. and Mrs. Leo Goergea w il l lea ve Pori Orford this w ee k to aanzme M a y 1 porira tio n a t th e ir recently purr h asrd groc ery store, Davey Jones Locker, In Charleston. Announced w ith the purchase was the sale o f th e ir co m m ercial fishing boat, " Don na Lee", and th e ir home here to Conner and M ild re d Kessler. T h e Goergens cam e to .’ a r t Orford in 1954 as owners and operators of Leo's M arke t In 1959 they sold to fra and Gen eva Tucker, w h> changed the heck to T u c k e r1» M art. The u m e ye ar th ey hod the cific High School students in boat Donna Lee b u ilt for them the high school balcony at at the Siletz boat work» and fish o’clock. ed i t foe the pari four years out Elaine Taylor and Claus Jen- of the local port. | sen have the leads in .«Us a0- T h e y have four children. Pacific High School To Preient Play The Rl. Rev. Jerries W. F . Cerm en, D .D ., Rishep ef Ore gon, w ill visit *1. aria Rplssepsl en Sunday, Apr. M, e l 11 e j n . *» adm inister the Apsstsllr RHe ef CenflrmeHen. The V ica r, the Rev. L . Wayne Bend, w ill present a «-*-ee ef six baptised persons. St. Christopher's services e re h eU in the Remen Cath olic church building. Moore's Variety Is Burglarized M oore's V ariety »tore in Gold Reach was burglarised sometim e between 1 and 5 am . Saturday, according to a report from the sheriff's o f f i c e . Thieves took $46 from the cash register, after entering the building through a rear window. T h e sheriff's o ffice and c ity police are investigating. KENNETH FORTY INJURED IN WOODS PORT MEWS Kenneth Forty' confined in Southern Coos General Hos p ita l at Bandon for several days last w eek after being injured w hile working for G riffe y -L a ird F a r a gourmet touch to meat Logging Company. He is now at loaf, top with cranberry sauce home, but w ill be on crutches for three weeks. A barge le ft the lo c al docks loaded w i t h 1, 300, 000 board feet of lum ber last week. Sheriff Reserves Study Shoplifting Sheriff reserve rs ambers stud ied a color film on methods em ployed by shoplifters M onday night. The m ovie explained the operations o f both single and team -w o rk systems, and various "tools" employed, race as the p a c k a g e drop and bottomless purse. The unit also agreed to furn ish security patrols for the com m unity c e n t e r benefit dance Saturday night and tra ffic p a trols for the drag races Sunday. acfrool play Kathy Huoyila To Beign At Brookings Azalea Festival Kathy Huoyila, 18 ye ar old Brookings-Harbor h i g h schoo l semor was named queen o f the 1963 A z a l e a F estival a t the Queen's Ball In Brookings, Sat urday night, A p ril 6. T h e an nouncement was made by Brook ing» M ayor Robert O. D im m ic k The other-.-iembers of the Aza le a Court ir.du d ei Sidney Bates, Barbara Dahlrtrom , M arianne Longacre, Doris Masks, Dianna M oe and Judy Speea A U are seniors here and w ere chosen by popular vote of the student body. As Queen Kathy fi, the young Port Orford*» Alpha Psi chap te r of the Epsilon Sigm a .Alpha hi gh school senior w il l re i gn over Sorority was given first-p lace the tw o-day Azalea Festival »et honors In the annual scrapbook for M ay 25 and 26. Prior to the contest at the «tate convention festival she w ill be snaking per- in Roseburg I n s t week. This s o n a l appearances throughout makes the fifth year the local southern Oregon a n d northern chapter has won an award in the C alifornia. T h e queen is the daughter of 65 chapter contest. Attending the convention werei Mr. and Mr*. W illia m Huoyila, M a rc ia Enlund, Judy Bens, Dor 437 Azalea Park Road. She is valedictorian of the senior class, othy V a le t and H e le n Stole. Sorority Book Honors a m em ber of the pep club, ra lly squad, girls' league, honor so- c i e t y , q uill and scroll, p ari worthy advisor of In tern ation al Order of Rainbow for Girls and editor of the school paper. She a l s o participates lx the Ctzxry county enrichm ent program for gifted students. As queen of the 24th annual /Azalea festival Kathy H u o y ila w ill ride in the parade on Mary 25. She w il l be crowned In c e r emonies set fa r Azalea State pezk a t l l i 00 a.m . and then c o n tlz m on to the seafood luncheon and o p e n the Azalea Garden C lu b Flow er Show. O ther events in th e f e s t i v a l w h ich las ear . played host to 7000 people in - 0 cl»»'n aelicop ter rides,treiMure hunt,art show, rock show. Lion's carnival, square dance J amboree. poll c em an- firem en 's b a ll, co m m unity worship service, Pres byterian breakfast and b eef b ar becue served chuckwagon style. Ernie Nelson Elected President of OCA Election of officers and the Cases appearing in recorder's adoption of a resolution calling court before C ity Judge Loraine for a uniform zoning plan along Haines the past w eekw erei Lon the coast were m ain business nie Kennedy, A p ril 8, VBR, *2 5 item s in the concluding session fine, $10 suspended, *1 5 paid; Sunday o f the 33rd annual Ore Roy Lee M ille r , A pril 15, drunk gon Coast Association Conven In public place, 30 days Jail tion in G old Beach. Heading the association for sentence to be worked out| John S. Carpenter, A p ril 19, no m u f this year is E. E. Nelson, owner fle r amd VBR, $30, Donald L. A l and operator of the Prehistoric len , A p ril 19, VBR, $15, Law Gardens. He succeeds Judge O t rence P. Redford, A p ril 22, driv to E. Effenburger, T illa m o o k ing w h ile under Influence o f In county, president pro- tempore. to xicatin g liquor, fined *3 0 0 Other officers elected Sunday and suspended d rive n license 90 w ere B ill Easton, vice president, and Paul Hannem an, secretary, day». both of T illa m o o k county, and Don Defreese, treasurer, Lin JU STIC E C O U R T coln county. Verne Ayez» was renamed OCA Cases appearing before Justice A r t h u r F . Niem ann in Justice mazrager. A resolution c a llin g for m u l C o u r t since last report werei Shirley J can Boots, A p ril 16, dis tipurpose, controlled use of the obeying stop sign, *5 , Edward Oregon Coast through a uniform Elsworth Dwire, A p ril 19, VBR, c o a s t a l zoning program was *1 0 , D aniel Jess M elto n, A p ril adopted by the OCA. T h e toa- 22, no v e h ic le licen se,*5 , Opel li.< was deem ed eu en tial to Joe Phillips, A p ril 23, improper "oontrol indiscrim inate use of passing *1 0 . outdoor signboards and preserve residential and potential out standing resort areas through the elim in a tio n of honkytonk de velopment" by the OCA. M a n ager Ayers has w ritten to county commissioners along the coast a s k i n g th eir cooperation in forming the zoning p lan along Highway 101. Roger W. Emmons represent ing the Oregon Council of O u t door Advertlsingcautioned OCA m e m b e r s that Highway 101 could be a race track Instead of a "high road to prosperity. " Speaking at the Saturday a f- ternoon session, Emmons f e l t that controlled and proper out door advertising was necessary along the coastal route to insure t h e economy of com m unities located closely off the highway. He said outdoor signs served to direct the public to points of in terest off Highway 101. In other action, O CA members designated T illa m o o k county as the site for the 1964 O CA Con vention. NO, BATTLE R O CK is n 't hom ing. Smoke is from pUes o f lu m ber and l o p that w ere J am m ed o rio the beach to depths as high aa ftv a f e e t T h e north point o f the Rock, where the tra il starts, was c o m p lete ly buried from the debria Fires were started Sunday evening In an e f fo rt to d e a r the beach for to u r-
